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Lexicon :: Strong's G154 - aiteō

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αἰτέω
Transliteration
aiteō (Key)
Pronunciation
ahee-teh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
mGNT
70x in 38 unique form(s) TR
71x in 39 unique form(s) LXX
72x in 28 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:191,30

Trench's Synonyms: xl. αἰτέω, ἐρωτάω.

Strong’s Definitions

αἰτέω aitéō, ahee-teh'-o; of uncertain derivation; to ask (in genitive case):—ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require. Compare G4441.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 71x

The KJV translates Strong's G154 in the following manner: ask (48x), desire (17x), beg (2x), require (2x), crave (1x), call for (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 71x
The KJV translates Strong's G154 in the following manner: ask (48x), desire (17x), beg (2x), require (2x), crave (1x), call for (1x).

  1. to ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
αἰτέω aitéō, ahee-teh'-o; of uncertain derivation; to ask (in genitive case):—ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require. Compare G4441.
STRONGS G154:
αἰτέω, -ῶ; future αἰτήσω; 1 aorist ᾔτησα; perfect ἤτηκα; middle, present αἰτοῦμαι; imperfect ᾐτούμην future αἰτήσομαι; 1 aorist ᾐτησάμην; [from Homer down]; to ask; middle to ask for oneself, request for oneself; absolutely: James 1:6; Matthew 7:7; middle, James 4:3; John 16:26; Mark 15:8; αἰτεῖσθαι τι, John 15:7; Matthew 14:7; Mark 6:24; Mark 10:38; Mark 11:24; Mark 15:43; 1 John 5:14; Luke 23:52; Acts 25:3, 15, etc.; αἰτεῖν with the accusative of the person to whom the request is made: Matthew 5:42; Matthew 6:8; Luke 6:30; αἰτεῖσθαι with the accusative of the person asked for — whether to be released, Matthew 27:20; Mark 15:6 [here T WH Tr marginal reading παραιτ., which see]; Luke 23:25; or bestowed as a gift; Acts 13:21; αἰτεῖν τι ἀπό τινος, Matthew 20:20 L Tr text WH text; [Luke 12:20 Tr WH]; 1 John 5:15 L T Tr WH; (so αἰτεῖσθαι in Plutarch, Galb. 20) [cf. Buttmann, 149 (130)]; τὶ παρά τινος, Acts 3:2; Matthew 20:20 R G T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; James 1:5; 1 John 5:15 R G; followed by the infinitive, John 4:9; middle, Acts 9:2; [αἰτεῖν τι ἐν τ. ὀνόματι Χριστοῦ, John 14:13; John 16:24 (see ὄνομα, 2 e.); τὶ ἐν τῇ προσευχή, Matthew 21:22]; αἰτεῖν τινά τι, Matthew 7:9; Luke 11:11; Mark 6:22; John [John 14:14 T but L WH Tr marginal reading brackets]; John 16:23; ὑπέρ τινος followed by ἵνα, Colossians 1:9 [cf. Buttmann, 237 (204)]; αἰτεῖσθαι with the accusative and the infinitive, Luke 23:23; Acts 3:14; only with the infinitive, Acts 7:46 (ᾐτήσατο εὑρεῖν he asked that he himself might find; others wrongly translate ᾐτήσατο desired); Ephesians 3:13.
With the idea of demanding prominent: αἰτεῖν τι, Luke 1:63; 1 Corinthians 1:22; τινά τι, Luke 12:48; 1 Peter 3:15.
[The constructions of this word in the Greek Bible, the Apostolic Fathers, etc., are exhibited in detail by Prof. Ezra Abbot in the North American Review for Jan. 1872, p. 182f. He there shows also (in opposition to Trench, § xl., and others) that it is not "the constant word for the seeking of the inferior from the superior," and so differing from ἐρωτάω, which has been assumed to imply 'a certain equality or familiarity between the parties'; that the distinction between the words does not turn upon the relative dignity of the person asking and the person asked; but that αἰτέω signifies to ask for something to be given not done, giving prominence to the thing asked for rather than the person, and hence is rarely used in exhortation. έρωτάω, on the other hand, is to request a person to do (rarely to give) something; referring more directly to the person, it is naturally used in exhortation, etc. The views of Trench are also rejected by Cremer, 4te Aufl. under the word. The latter distinguishes αἰτέω from similar words as follows: "αἰτέω denotes the request of the will, ἐπιθυμέω that of the sensibilities, δέομαι the asking of need, while ἐρωτάω marks the form of the request, as does εὔχεσθαι also, which in classic Greek is the proper expression for a request directed to the gods and embodying itself in prayer." έρωτάω, αἰτέω and δέομαι are also compared briefy by Green, Critical Notes, etc. (on John 14:13, 16), who concludes of ἐρωτάω "it cannot serve to indicate directly any peculiar position, absolute or relative, of the agent. The use of the word may, therefore, be viewed as having relation to the manner and cast of the request, namely, when carrying a certain freedom of aim and bearing; a thing inseparable from the act of direct interrogation"; cf. further Schmidt, chapter 7. Compare: ἀπ-, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, παρ- (-μαι), προσαιτέω.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:42; 6:8; 7:7; 7:9; 14:7; 20:20; 20:20; 21:22; 27:20
Mark
6:22; 6:24; 10:38; 11:24; 15:6; 15:8; 15:43
Luke
1:63; 6:30; 11:11; 12:20; 12:48; 23:23; 23:25; 23:52
John
4:9; 14:13; 14:13; 14:14; 14:16; 15:7; 16:23; 16:24; 16:26
Acts
3:2; 3:14; 7:46; 9:2; 13:21; 25:3; 25:15
1 Corinthians
1:22
Ephesians
3:13
Colossians
1:9
James
1:5; 1:6; 4:3
1 Peter
3:15
1 John
5:14; 5:15; 5:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G154 matches the Greek αἰτέω (aiteō),
which occurs 70 times in 67 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 5:42–Act 13:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:42 - “Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:7 - “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:8 - “For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:9 - “Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:10 - “Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:11 - “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:7 - Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 - “Again I say[fn] to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:20 - Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:22 - But Jesus answered and said, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”[fn] They said to Him, “We are able.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:22 - “And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:20 - But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:58

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:58 - This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:22 - And when Herodias’ daughter herself came in and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:23 - He also swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:24 - So she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 - Immediately she came in with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:35 - Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Him, saying, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:38 - But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:24 - “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:8 - Then the multitude, crying aloud,[fn] began to ask him to do just as he had always done for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:43 - Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:63 - And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, “His name is John.” So they all marveled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:30 - “Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:9 - “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:10 - “For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:11 - “If a son asks for bread[fn] from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:12 - “Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:13 - “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:48 - “But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:23 - But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And the voices of these men and of the chief priests prevailed.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - And he released to them[fn] the one they requested, who for rebellion and murder had been thrown into prison; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:52 - This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:9 - Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:10 - Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:22 - “But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:13 - “And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:14 - “If you ask[fn] anything in My name, I will do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:7 - “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will[fn] ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:16 - “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:23 - “And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:24 - “Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:26 - “In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2 - And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:14 - “But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:46 - “who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:2 - and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 - Now Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus the king’s personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food by the king’s country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:21 - “And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

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